Emily Cummins is an associate in the firm’s Tax Department and a member of its Private Funds Group. Her work centers on private investment funds and the tax concerns faced by both sponsors and investors in private equity funds.
Working with a range of clients, Emily has helped to negotiate buy-side and sell-side secondaries transactions; planned and structured continuation funds and other sponsor-led liquidity events; and assisted sponsors with fund structuring concerns involving domestic and international investments.
Emily was selected to be a Protégée for Proskauer’s Women Sponsorship Program, an initiative for high performing midlevel lawyers that champions emerging leaders. She previously served as co-chair of the Firm’s LGBTQ Affinity Group, and received Proskauer’s Golden Gavel Award for excellence in pro bono work in 2021.
Outside of Proskauer, Emily was selected as a Business Law Fellow with the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section. She served as a member of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee’s Board as well as Co-Editor of the Committee’s publication, Preferred Returns.
Emily also is active in the community, serving on the board of the Beacon Hill Friends House, a center for Quaker learning and action in Boston’s historic Beacon Hill neighborhood.
Education
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, J.D.
- Columbia College Chicago, B.A.
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New York University School of Law, LL.M.
Taxation
Admissions & Qualifications
- Massachusetts
- New York
Awards & Recognition
Business Law Fellow – American Bar Association, Business Law Section 2019-2021